Hijackers Force National Airliner To Havana With 32 Aboard
A National Airlines jet with 32 aboard was hijacked over the Florida Everglades by two men, one with a bomb and the other with a .38 revolver, and forced to land in Havana at 19 03 EST. It follows another National hijacking to Cuba five days earlier. NAS flight 64 from New Orleans to Miami carrying 25 passengers and seven crew also diverted to Havana.
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NAS Flight 64
New Orleans
Miami
Havana
Tampa
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Los Angeles
Houston
Florida
Kennedy Airport
Herman Getzoff
Lynbrook
N.Y
Malcolm Sherman
Albany
Joseph Raposa
Smoke Rise
Jack
Sid Perkins
Brooklyn
National Airlines
Passengers fret hijack fears on Florida-bound flights
At Kennedy and other airports, travelers joke about Cuba hijacks while fearing a possible crash. Passengers seek calm amid security concerns as airlines consider tougher measures and pilots receive bilingual Spanish phrase cards to handle hijackers.
Cornell U Allocates 175000 for Negro Studies Program
Cornell University approves 175000 to initiate a Negro studies program. James Turner, 29, Northwestern graduate student, proposed as director by students, has been offered the post but has not yet accepted and will visit Ithaca next week to discuss possibilities with officials.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
James Turner
Northwestern University
Turner
Nixon seeks congressional funds to fight crime
President Nixon told GOP leaders he will ask Congress for extra money to curb crime with faster trials and unclogged calendars. Dirksen said a supplemental appropriation covering anticrime work through June 30 would be submitted soon, citing the need for more judges and a larger Justice Department staff. He noted overworked U S attorneys and long bail times before trial, while Nixon planned department visits and a repeat Pentagon briefing later in the week.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
State Department
Pentagon
Mike Mansfield
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Mansfield
White House
Bob Hope to undergo eye treatment for hemorrhage
Comedian Bob Hope, 65, will receive photocoagulation treatment today for a recurring eye hemorrhage first suffered Sunday night. He rests comfortably at the University of California Medical Center after the episode, his third such procedure in his life.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Bob Hope
University of California Medical Center
Editorial Question for Mr FitzPatrick on Nine Mile Point Plant
The Oswego Chamber dinner asks James A. FitzPatrick to explain whether the State Power Authority’s planned 222 million nuclear plant at Nine Mile Point will truly be its project or effectively Niagara Mohawk’s. It questions tax status and potential payments in lieu of taxes to local districts and municipalities.
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James A. FitzPatrick
State Power Authority
Oswego
General Electric Co
Washington
Power Authority
Niagara-Mohawk
County of
Mexico-New Haven
Scriba
FitzPatrick
Nixon First News Conference Echoes Truman in 1945
President Nixon spoke at his first press conference with 456 journalists present in the Indian Treaty room, drawing larger crowds than Eisenhower or Kennedy. The session lacked notes and opened without a formal statement, mirroring Truman’s 1945 approach amid wartime coverage.
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John F. Kennedy
Nixon
Paris
United States
Johnson
Truman
Washington
White House
Harry Truman
Oval Room
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Executive Office
State Department
Americans Propose Far-Flung Fixes for Hijackings
Washington readers flood the FAA with ideas ranging from trapdoor cockpits to tranquilizer guns. Officials stress nonviolence due to catastrophe risks while noting detectors cannot distinguish many contraband items. Some propose Cuba travel or playing the Cuban anthem to deter hijackers.
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Washington
South Vietnam reports major battles near Pleiku and borders
A South Vietnamese ranger battalion backed by US planes and artillery killed 320 North Vietnamese in a two day battle 18 miles from the Laotian border. US bombers and artillery accounted for about 200 dead. Sixteen rangers wounded, with ongoing sweeps and renewed shelling along the Cambodian border. North Vietnamese shelling of DMZ Marines marked the first such attack in over a month.
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Saigon
Pleiku City
U.S
Paris
Ranger
Demilitarized Zone
U Thant backs Nixon on Middle East risks seek UN settlement
United Nations Secretary General U Thant endorsed President Nixon's views on Middle East dangers and urged major power initiatives to pressure a UN settlement through moral means.
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United Nations, N. Y
U Thant
Nixon
Gers
Middle East
U.N
Talks drift as Viet Nam delegates reject private Saigon talks
North Viet Nam's delegation at the Paris peace talks rejected a proposal for private discussions with Saigon officials, signaling a continued formal process and limited cross talks.
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Nam
Paris
Condemned Iraqi Hangings Draw Global Protests
The Associated Press reports Iraq hanged four men including nine Jews on spying for Israel, provoking widespread condemnation. L'Osservatore Romano said the executions harm peace prospects in the Middle East.
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Associated Press
Iraq
Israel
Vatican City
L'Osservatore Romano
Middle East
Nun Susanne, Buffalo nun, dies at 100
Sister Mary Susanne, oldest member of the Buffalo Province of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix, died at age 100 in Villa Mana Infirmary Cheektowaga.
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Mary Susanne
Buffalo
The
Congregation of the
Sisters of St. Felix
Villa Mana
Cheektowaga
Senate Leader Says Tax Increase Must Last Through 1970
Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois said the Nixon administration believes the 10 percent income surcharge should continue until June 30, 1970 to finance federal activities and curb inflation.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Nixon
Paisley defies government as he faces jail term
Belfast AP report says Rev Ian Paisley, Northern Ireland Protestant leader, challenges the government to jail him. He declares he refuses to bow to Prime Minister Terence O Neil and will not appeal a three month sentence for unlawful assembly.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ian Paisley
Terence O' Neil Paisley
Pakistan Army Ordered to Peshawar to Quell Riots
Pakistan's army, already patrolling Lahore and Karachi, is sent to Peshawar to quell ongoing antigovernment rioting.
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Rachi
Peshawar
Judy Garland Triumphs on Return to London Club
Judy Garland returns to the London club where she flopped last week and sings with her former vigor. She reveals she was secretly married in a London church nearly three weeks ago.
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London
Judy Garland
Seven Trapped Miners Making Way to Safety
Seven miners feared trapped in Humphrey No. 7 mine near Mt. Morris Pa were described as making progress to the surface after a fire at the main portal early today. Radio contact with the crew was reestablished as they reached fresh air and moved toward safety.
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MT. Morris, Pa
Humphrey No. 7
Consolidation Coal Co
Christopher Coal Co
Industry in State Battles More Benefits for Injured
New York industry faces a proposed bill by Assemblyman Frederick L Warder to cut the waiting period for Workmen's Compensation benefits. Labor backs the measure but business groups oppose, warning costs could reach about six million dollars annually. The bill was sent to the floor and could be voted on as opposition grows.
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George
Martha
Albany
N.Y
New York
Assembly Labor Committee
Frederick L Warder
Geneva
Warder
Organized Labor
Postman who refused junk mail loses bid to get job back
Ithaca AP report says John Stark 10 year veteran mail carrier refused to deliver junk mail arguing rates unfair to taxpayers. His discharge was upheld by acting Postmaster James Graves. Stark plans an appeal to Washington within 15 days while remaining on the job handling all mail classes. He comments Nixon weathered by politics and lawmakers discuss related bills in 1969 session amid broader Rockefeller austerity and abortion law debates.
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Ithaca
Nixon
John Stark
Associated Press
Post Office Department
James R. Graves
Washington
Amn
Iraq threatens more executions of Jews after hangings
Israel informs U Thant that another group of Jews faces execution in Iraq.U Thant pledged to investigate. Iraq says 65 more people will be tried for spying and plotting against the government while condemning the violence as internal affairs.
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Iraq
Israel
U.N
U Thant
United Nations
Joel Barrami
Thant
Abdullah Ki Samarrai
Baghdad
Barrami
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